Rail-anticreeper and tie-plate.



w. f; & E, PERSBAGKER. BAIL ANTICREPBR AND TIE PLATE.

PPPPPPPPPPPPPPP 131111.11, 1912.

Patented Nov. 12, 1912.

I To all whom it may concern? Bei/tknown that we, WALTER FL Pans- AVAILABLE CPY unirtin sfra'rns rafrnivr foreros.

'WALTER E'. PERSBACKER ANB EDWARD PERSBACKER, GF IHCKSON CTY,

^ PENNSYLVANA.

RAIL-NTXCREEPER AND TE-LTE.

BACKER- and llnwann Pinnsinioinn,l citizens oit the United States, residing at Dickson City, in the county of Lackawanna and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful improvements in Rail-Anticreepers and TielPlates; and we do declare the following to be a t'ull, clear, and exact H description ot the invention, suchv as will `enable others skilled in the art to which it `Aappertains to make and use the same.

rlhis invention relates to railway ties vand fasteners, and ino-re especially to the fastening devices used between the base of the 'rail and the tie; and the object of the sal-ne is -toproduce an extremely simple device of this 'character capable of being put in place witho-ut the use oi'f special tools and which, when pressed to its 'seat by the weight ot the rail, will. prevent the latter fromv lateral movements, or from creepingl longitudinally. This and other objects are accomplished by the construction hereinafter more fully described and claimed, and as shown in the drawings wherein" y y =Figure l 1s a plan view of a; port-lon of a rail, shown as mounted upon one end ot a .tie by means of an ordinary tie plate, three spikes, and our improved anticreeper. Figs.

2 and 3 are cross sections on the 4line 2-3' 'of Fig. 1 `and on an enlarged scale, Fig. 2

showing the rail as being put into place and Fig. 3 showing the parts in the position. they assume after the' rail is in place and one of the spikes driven into the tie. Fig. 4 is a vertical section on the line tf-4 of Fig. 1, and Fig. 5 is an enlargedperspective detail of the device forming the subject; matter of the present invention,

ln the drawings the rail, whose base is shown as resting upon the usual tie plate P which latter rests upon the tie, T, and S, S are the ordinary spikes driven through holes in the plate into the tie with their heads overlapping the base ot the rail to hold all parts in position. It is well known that the excessive jar to which the parts are subjected often loosens and tinallydislodges some of the spikes with occasional disastrous results; and that, whether the spikes are loosened or dislodged. or not, the rails sometimes creep longitudinally.v I

The object of our present; invention 1ste letter R designates a- Patented Nov. 12, 1912.

Application filed January 1l, 1912. Serial No. 620,614.

provide an extremely simple fastening device coacting with the ordinary plate P and spike'S for readily and quickly locking the rail R. to the plate P so that it cannotbecome loose laterally even though the spikes should be removed, and it cannot creep longitudinally. To this end the plate is provided with a 'rectangular hole l so disposed as to lie under one edge of the rail base 2 and preferably` near that edge ot the plate which is opposite its flange 3.

'In Fig. 5 is-shown in perspective view 'our fastener which by preference is made of steel or other material which is harder .than .the base oi the rail. The same has a llat rectangular.' base 4- ol a size to fit loosely within thehole l, one end being rounded off at .its lower corner as shown at 5, and rising from its other end is a knee 6 also preterably rectangular in plan view and ot the same width as but less length than said base 4. The outer end of this knee overhangs this .end of the base to produce a shoulder 7, and the inner end of the knee is provided with a series of upright sharp teeth S.' By -preference the entire 'fastener is made from one piece of metal suitably tempered after its formation. y

In use the plate P is laid upon the tie T withlor without one of the spikes S at the right side of Fig. l to hold it in position, and the rail R is brought into place and its base 2 at one edge rested against the flange 3 ot the plate P. Before the final spiking the rail is tipped slightly outward as shown in Fig. 2 and one ot our improved fasteners insert-ed as there illustrated, its `base if passing under the base 2 of the rail and dropping into the hole l soy that the shoulder 7 rests on the plate l? outside `the hole l, the teeth 8 stand against the edge ofthe rail base 2, andthe inner end of the fastener base -t rests beneath the bottom of the rail. Then the parts reach the position here illustrated, the rail will be maintained in its tilted position by four points oi' cont act, two oi them between the rail and the fastener and the other two betweenthe fastener and the plate.

into theimier end .ofthe hole l and the i parte drop to the position shown in Fig. 8,

the teeth 8 meanwhile indenting the edge of the rail base 2 as shown in F ig. 1. Thereafter the remaining spikes S are applied in the customary manner, and it will be found impossible for the rail to move -edgewise or sidewise because it is prevented from movement in one direction by the flange 3 and in the other direction by the fastener. Moreover it will be fo-und to be impossible for the rail to creep longitudinally, because the teeth 8 indent the edge of the rail base 2 and the shoulder 7 abutting against the outer end of the hole l holds the teeth permanently in such engagement. The weight of the rail and of the rolling stock upon it prevent-s the rise of the rail and disconnection of parts, even though the spikes should become loose or lost out. i

Thus is produced an extremely simple rail fastener possessing the many advantages of being easy and cheap to make, easy and quick to apply; and etficient when in place increase for preventing movements of the rail in various directions.

hat is claimed as new is: l In a rail fastener, the combination with a plate having a rectangular hole Whose end walls are vertical; of the fastener comprising a rectangular base of a size to tit said hole and-haring one end rounded ofi at its 1 lower corner, a knee rising from and integral with the other end of said base and overhangin'g the same to produce a shout der, and upright teeth at the inner end of the knee.

In testimony whereof we have hereunto set our hands in presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

W ALTER F. PERSBACKER. EDWARD PERSBACKLR.

' Viitnesses:

ALBERT R. SMITH, THOMAS E. WILMo'r. 

